Elaboration Meaning
/ɪˌlæbəˈreɪʃən/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
nounThe natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order
Sentence Examples
Further elaboration or ornament would only detract from the perfection of its simplicity.
This summary is too succinct; it needs further elaboration to make it understandable.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The professor requested further ____ on the theory to clarify its complex aspects.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Further ____ or ornament would only detract from the perfection of its simplicity.
Word Origin & History
From Middle French élaboration. Morphologically elaborate + -ion.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Digging deeper, the invention of eyeglasses is an elaboration of the more fundamental development of optics technology. The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,[…]."
— 2013 September-October, Henry Petroski, “The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, in American Scientist:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The professor requested further ____ on the theory to clarify its complex aspects.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Further ____ or ornament would only detract from the perfection of its simplicity.